Bøker av Thomas Hehir

Chronicles the educational experiences - from early childhood through college - of sixteen students with disabilities and their paths to personal and academic success at Harvard University. The book explores common themes in their lives, as well as the crucial roles played by parents, teachers, and other professionals.

With this volume, leading scholar and disability advocate Thomas Hehir opens a new round of debate on the future of special education. Hehir examines the ways that cultural attitudes about disability systematically distort the education of children with special needs and uses this analysis to lay out a fresh approach to special education policy and practice.

How to raise the achievement of all kids, from gifted to those with severe disabilities This book presents lessons learned from in-depth case studies of some of our most effective inclusive public schools.